Survival Knife Skins: Prices & Cases That Drop Them
Prices as of · Steam Community Market 7-day median · how it's calculated
The Survival Knife is one of 20 knife types in Counter-Strike 2, with 19 finishes, priced from $57.29 for Safari Mesh to $314.63 for Doppler. Its median finish costs $82.14, 17th of 20, between the Gut Knife ($83.10) and the Paracord Knife ($81.73).
All Survival Knife finishes by price
| Finish | Price | FN | MW | FT | WW | BS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doppler (7 phases) | $314.63 | $267.07 | $314.63 | |||
| Fade | $237.41 | $205.91 | $237.41 | |||
| Marble Fade | $210.06 | $182.55 | $210.06 | |||
| Tiger Tooth | $152.62 | $133.47 | $152.62 | |||
| Slaughter | $151.88 | $171.26 | $161.57 | $151.88 | ||
| Crimson Web | $129.09 | $1,029.29 | $166.23 | $129.09 | $132.62 | $112.18 |
| Case Hardened | $128.21 | $240.02 | $145.80 | $128.21 | $121.50 | $112.74 |
| Blue Steel | $91.92 | $161.32 | $112.81 | $91.92 | $84.37 | $85.46 |
| Ultraviolet | $84.99 | $234.54 | $105.29 | $84.99 | $85.40 | $81.69 |
| Damascus Steel | $82.14 | $100.33 | $89.85 | $82.14 | $81.20 | $78.56 |
| Stained | $81.40 | $113.00 | $93.60 | $81.40 | $78.74 | $78.09 |
| Vanilla | $76.38 | |||||
| Urban Masked | $71.40 | $166.66 | $84.50 | $71.40 | $73.31 | $66.43 |
| Night Stripe | $68.37 | $145.40 | $77.91 | $68.37 | $67.96 | $64.24 |
| Scorched | $64.60 | $134.71 | $74.83 | $64.60 | $59.77 | $62.45 |
| Rust Coat | $63.32 | $63.32 | $59.45 | |||
| Forest DDPAT | $61.10 | $162.20 | $69.64 | $61.10 | $58.81 | $60.49 |
| Boreal Forest | $59.85 | $131.17 | $64.93 | $59.85 | $54.98 | $60.45 |
| Safari Mesh | $57.29 | $102.86 | $58.36 | $57.29 | $53.68 | $56.59 |
Doppler and Gamma Doppler phases share one market price. By community estimates, Ruby and Sapphire are 2.5% of Doppler drops each, Black Pearl 1% and Emerald about 3.1% of Gamma Doppler drops (methodology).
Cases that drop the Survival Knife
| Case | Cost per opening | Chance per opening | Average cost per Survival Knife | Pool |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fracture Case | $3.27 | 0.065% (1 in 1,538) | $5,030.77 | Shattered Web Case knife pool |
| Fever Case | $3.38 | 0.065% (1 in 1,538) | $5,200.00 | Fever Case knife pool |
| Shattered Web Case | $10.47 | 0.065% (1 in 1,538) | $16,107.69 | Shattered Web Case knife pool |
3 containers drop it: Shattered Web Case (2019), Fracture Case (2020) and Fever Case (2025). They span 2 separate knife pools with different finishes.
In the Fracture Case, as in every weapon case, a gold item drops 0.26% of the time (1 in 385). The Survival Knife is 25% of that pool, next to Nomad Knife, Paracord Knife and Skeleton Knife, which puts a Survival Knife at 0.065% per opening, or 1 in 1,538. Opening it costs $3.27 with the key, so a Survival Knife costs $5,030.77 to unbox on average, the cheapest route; the Shattered Web Case is the most expensive at $16,107.69. Buying the cheapest one, Safari Mesh, costs $57.29: 87.8 times less.
Wear matters most on Crimson Web: Factory New sells for $1,029.29 against $112.18 in Battle-Scarred, 9.2 times more. The Vanilla Survival Knife has no paint and no float, and sells for $76.38.
One Survival Knife in ten comes out StatTrak™. Across 19 finishes priced both ways, the StatTrak™ version costs a median 1.11 times the plain one, from 0.98 on Forest DDPAT to 1.75 on Doppler. 3 of its 19 priced finishes cost more than the median knife finish across all 20 types ($181.56).
Compared with the same finish on other knives, its Doppler ranks 15th of the 18 Doppler knives, behind the Paracord Knife one ($341.68), and its Safari Mesh ranks 17th of the 20 Safari Mesh knives, behind the Paracord Knife one ($57.76).
Survival Knife FAQ
- What is the cheapest Survival Knife skin?
- ★ Survival Knife | Safari Mesh at about $57.29 on the Steam Community Market, the lowest of 19 priced finishes.
- What is the most expensive Survival Knife skin?
- ★ Survival Knife | Doppler, at about $314.63 for its representative wear.
- Which case gives the best odds for a Survival Knife?
- The Fracture Case, at 0.065% per opening.
- How much does it cost to unbox a Survival Knife?
- About $5,030.77 on average through the Fracture Case: the opening cost divided by the chance per opening.
- Can a Survival Knife be StatTrak™?
- Yes: one in ten drops from a case is StatTrak™.
Other knives
- Bayonet
- Bowie Knife
- Butterfly Knife
- Classic Knife
- Falchion Knife
- Flip Knife
- Gut Knife
- Huntsman Knife
- Karambit
- Kukri Knife
- M9 Bayonet
- Navaja Knife
- Nomad Knife
- Paracord Knife
- Shadow Daggers
- Skeleton Knife
- Stiletto Knife
- Talon Knife
- Ursus Knife
Odds follow the methodology; prices come from the sources page. Compare every case on the best cases ranking.